p.67 #2 · Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
The GM 600mm is largish and not light but it delivers plentifully. Let's start with a perched shot since I could get away without running the file through a noise reduction software...
p.67 #8 · Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
Douglas L wrote:
I have never been able to get the shot of an osprey's talons touching the water. That's why I wish the A1II could do 60 FPS.
What s great shot! And 1/50 second for the owls?? You have very steady hands!
I most want 60 or 120FPS for the diving Osprey and Kingfishers. I've managed a few lucky talon or beak just touching water over the years after many, many dives. With the osprey 30FPS is often only good for a shot a foot above the water and the next frame the osprey half submerged. Total fluke when you get them just breaking the surface.
I find 1/50s is about my limit with the 300GM handheld to get an acceptable keeper rate for each burst as long as the owl is still. When I go down to 1/40 or 1/30 I get a few sharp but not enough to guarantee a keeper for each burst.
p.67 #15 · Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
Palm warbler. Love shooting this species of warbler because it has a tendency to feed very low or on the ground hopping up to low perches every now and then to sing his song.
p.67 #17 · Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
Recently moved from west texas to west west texas haha and surprised to find a nice wetland habitat and saw some of my favorite birds and even got a lifer Gambel's Quail!
Long-billed Dowitcher
Lesser Yellowlegs
Black-necked Stilt - Always a favorite
Gambel's Quail - Pretty far away, need to get closer for a better shot, but good enough for a lifer record!
American Avocet
Looking at this picture got me curious as to the different bill shapes, I never noticed it before but today I learned the females have the more pronounced curve
Long-billed Dowitcher again flexing its tip into the mud
p.67 #18 · Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
pdog109 wrote:
Recently moved from west texas to west west texas haha and surprised to find a nice wetland habitat and saw some of my favorite birds and even got a lifer Gambel's Quail!
I thought we were in the same neighborhood with all these nice shots. Same state is close enough.
p.67 #20 · Nature and Wildlife image thread - a Sequel
BillinTexas wrote:
I thought we were in the same neighborhood with all these nice shots. Same state is close enough.
thanks and haha yeah, I'm out in El Paso so yeah complete opposite side of the state! When I lived further east I did visit Corpus Christi area and the RGV a few times, would have loved to move to San Antonio instead to be closer to that area but oh well, TX is still a great spot for birds. Hoping to get the desert specialties out here for sure though.
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